Release Date: 24 January 2020
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436559467544
Genres: Jazz
Description
LIMITED EDITION IN SPECIAL 3-PANEL DIGIPAK - 2 LP's ON 1 CD: 'HIP HARP' + 'IN A MINOR GROOVE'.
Considered the most accomplished modern jazz harpist, Dorothy Ashby (1932-1986) established the harp as an improvising jazz instrument, beyond earlier use as a novelty or background orchestral instrument. She proved the harp could play bebop as adeptly as the instruments commonly associated with jazz. Presented here are two of Ashby's best albums, Hip Harp (Prestige LP7140) and In a Minor Groove (New Jazz LP8209), both presenting her in a quartet format backed by Frank Wess on flute, Herman Wright on bass, and Art Taylor or Roy Haynes on drums.
Personnel: Dorothy Ashby - Harp; Frank Wess - Flute; Herman Wright - Bass; Art Taylor - Drums; Roy Haynes - Drums. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder & produced by Bob Weinstock, New Jersey, 1958.
Tracklisting
Tina Brooks Quintet
Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Aderley & George Shearing
Stan Getz
Steve Lacy
Booker Little
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Chet Baker
Harry James
Friedrich Gulda
Freddy Cole
Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra
Petros Klampanis
Makiko Hirabayashi
Jan Hammer Group
Jun Iida
Epoxy Quartet
